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Laura Washington: Taking back Congress should be a slam dunk for Democrats (opens the original)
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There may never be a more favorable setup for a midterm election cycle than the current iteration. As we roll into the thick of this year’s fall campaigns, Democrats are all wringing their hands about taking Congress back. We will get the House, they stoutly declare, then add a frail whisper that the Senate could be a long shot. The Democrats are skeptical. They need to get over it. They should be exuberant. There are many factors that should make taking Congress back a slam dunk. Inflation is o
Laura Washington: This lifelong Cubs fan from the South Side is seeing a lot of Sox love on the North Side (opens the original)
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Lately, on my regular rides on the “L,” I have seen a curious sight on the North Side. There are gaggles of Red Line riders wearing Chicago White Sox hats, T-shirts and jerseys — and more than those sporting the paraphernalia of their crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cubs. I have been doing double takes. “Holy cow!” as an erstwhile baseball icon might have said. It’s a quizzical moment for this rabid Cubs fan. Chicago’s North Side has always been Cubs country. I know that from the time I was a wee
Laura Washington: Will he run again? Mayor Brandon Johnson has the luxury of waiting to decide. (opens the original)
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Will he, or won’t he? What does he hope to gain by delaying his decision? Those questions have put Chicago’s political class on tenterhooks. We all want to know: Will Mayor Brandon Johnson decide to run for a second term? Petitions have been out on the streets for weeks. There are nine candidates looking to win the February 2027 election, but so far, the mayor isn’t one of them. For weeks, reporters have been asking “are you in?” For weeks, Johnson has been answering that he will decide “soon.”
Laura Washington: Illinois and Chicago campaigns defy conventional monied wisdom (opens the original)
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“Conventional wisdom,” Merriam Webster says, is “the generally accepted belief, opinion, judgment, or prediction about a particular matter.” Conventional wisdom can be the mother of politics and campaigns. However, what is “generally accepted” can also be perilously wrong. As the fall political campaigns heat up, here’s a dose of how our politics is defying conventional wisdom. Take the notion that, particularly in these times when super political action committees and special interests reign, m
Laura Washington: JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel are on a collision course in the 2028 presidential race (opens the original)
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Gov. JB Pritzker and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may be gearing up for a 2028 White House bid. If both run, they would be jumping into a contest that will be congested and fraught with peril. They would also be very, very, long, long shots. According to the Kalshi prediction market, which assesses the odds on everything in the world, both candidates’ chances to grab the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination are at 2% or less. Long shots, indeed, but if they can get traction, the pair bri
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